Rainbow people

We are a rainbow people

We are all made of God

If we cut our hands we bleed

The very same colour blood
Though some have light skin

Some have yellow, red or dark

Inside we are all the same

We each are given that same spark

Though some have blue eyes

Some have green, brown or grey

We each see the colours of the rainbow

We each shed tears of pain

We are a rainbow people

We are the same inside

Our hearts beat for one another

Our hearts beat out in love!

“That hand is not the colour of your hand

But If I pierce it I shall feel pain.

The blood that will follow from mine will

Be the same colour as yours.

The Great Spirit made us both!”

Luther Standing Bear (1868-1939)

Oglala Sioux Chief